State v. Ellis

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

Defendants Gary Ellis and Marty Withers appeal from burglary convictions, claiming that the trial court erred in several respects: first, in denying their motion to sever their trials; second, in admitting lay opinion testimony; third, in denying their motion to arrest judgment; and fourth, in refusing their requested “alternative reasonable hypothesis” jury instruction. Finally, Ellis and Withers claim that the cumulative effect of the errors constitutes adequate ground for reversal. We affirm.

At four o'clock in the morning, police officers responded to a burglary report.…